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The Connecticut DMV is making it easier for many motorcycle owners to get a vehicle identification number check. Those with bikes built in 1981 or later can now get the checks at one of 230 emissions testing stations around the state. Before this change, only those made in 1990 or later could go to ...READ MORE

A new website geared to provide young workers a better understanding of their rights and responsibilities in the workplace and also serve as a valuable resource to employers, educators and parents was launched this week. Developed by members of the Connecticut Young Worker Health & Safety ...READ MORE

The Connecticut Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers to seasonal scams related to chimney inspection and furnace maintenance. “These inspections and maintenance concern the safety of your property and family,” according to Connecticut Better Business Bureau President, Paulette ...READ MORE

Originally posted on FOX 61: [trib_ndn vid=25170998] WASHINGTON (CNN) — A former Navy reservist with a “pattern of misconduct” unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Washington Navy Yard on ...READ MORE

The Central Connecticut Regional Planning Agency is seeking comments and will hold a public hearing on its revised Plan of Conservation and Development for the Central Connecticut region, 2013-2023. CCRPA said regarding the plan “For centuries, resources were treated as limitless . Years of ...READ MORE

Hartford county residents will soon be facing tougher laws regarding distracted driving, especially when it comes to the use of cell phones in the car. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, in the amount of time it takes to send or read an average text, a car traveling at 55 ...READ MORE

In recent years, public opinion has begun to change about marijuana. Once regarded as a dangerous gateway drug, a handful of states have now made it legal to possess and use the drug for medicinal purposes including Connecticut. Two states, Colorado and Washington, even allow its recreational use. ...READ MORE

Originally posted on FOX 61: It is only fitting that the Eastern States Exhibition — The Big E — opens on a FriDay, because fry they will for the next 17 days. The six-state fair is up and running with ...READ MORE

On September 28, 2013, the DEEP and Friends of Sessions Woods will be hosting Hunting & Fishing Appreciation Day at the Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area in Burlington. Fun activities for all ages are planned, along with educational programs and workshops about hunting and fishing. Best ...READ MORE

Used smart phones have become a hot consumer commodity, according to Connecticut Better Business Bureau. Industry analysts have reported more than half of American adults own a smartphone. This week’s announcement of a new series of smartphones that are about to hit the market means consumers ...READ MORE

Governor Malloy announced that his administration is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations and municipalities to provide disaster relief services to households and organizations that were directly affected by Super Storm Sandy. Nonprofit agencies and municipalities interested in ...READ MORE

Connecticut unveiled Fall for Connecticut – an initiative designed to inspire both residents and visitors to get out and experience something still revolutionary in Connecticut this season. The effort includes the Office of Tourism’s first-ever crowdsourced list of 100 places to go, things to ...READ MORE

In the early 20th century, the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury was given the skeleton of an African American man named Fortune, who had been enslaved in Waterbury during the 18th century. His bones had been preserved by the man who had enslaved him, a local doctor. The bones remained in the ...READ MORE

Former Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Investigative Division has been charged with violating a federal ethics law that prohibits senior executive branch personnel from making professional contacts with the agency in which they were employed for one year after ...READ MORE

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